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Oral drops can give kids needle-free relief from asthma, allergies
HealthCanal.com Allergy shots are commonly used to treat children with severe environmental allergies and asthma, but under-the-tongue drops may offer yet another beneficial – and stick-free – option for pediatric allergy sufferers, according to a Johns Hopkins … |
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Access to medicines key to reducing asthma impacts
HealthCanal.com There high costs of poorly controlled asthma include the costs of acute treatment at the doctor or hospital, the lost productivity of people with asthma or parents of children with asthma, and the lost education of children who are too unwell to attend … |
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Trial asthma drug targets lung inflammation
HealthCanal.com University of Adelaide researchers at the Royal Adelaide Hospital are involved in the world's biggest study of its kind investigating a possible new treatment for asthma. Clinical trials are underway looking at an antibiotic treatment which is hoped to … |
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Emergency asthma admissions drop following smokefree law
HealthCanal.com Numbers of adults admitted to hospital for emergency treatment for asthma have dropped by over four per cent since smokefree legislation was introduced in England, Bath researchers have found. The researchers from the UK Centre for Tobacco Control … Smoking ban linked to 1900 fewer A&E admissions for asthma patients Smokefree legislation linked to drop in asthma admissions Smoking Ban In England Reduces ER Asthma Visits By 5% |
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Researchers to target work-related asthma and cancer
HealthCanal.com Professor Fritschi, Head of the Epidemiology Group at WAIMR, said work-related asthma and cancer were ideal candidates for prevention, with clear opportunities for policy action. However, the limited data available on how many people were at risk of … |
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Mother's Depression a Risk Factor in Childhood Asthma Symptoms, Study …
HealthCanal.com Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Analyzing data from interviews with 262 mothers of African-American … |
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First model of how Sydney pollutants may drive childhood asthma
HealthCanal.com “Developing a proper model of childhood asthma involves long-term studies and controlled exposure to triggers in the environment, which requires a great deal of effort and has not been done before,” says UNSW Medicine's Professor Rakesh Kumar, the … |
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Looming global asthma epidemic
HealthCanal.com New Zealand asthma researchers have highlighted research and policy initiatives needed to avoid the impending global epidemic of asthma. The global figure for children with asthma symptoms is 15 per cent and increasing annually. It was concerning that … |
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New asthma treatments on the horizon
HealthCanal.com 21/02/2013 10:48:00. Font size: Decrease font Enlarge font. The introduction of new treatments for asthma and other respiratory diseases is a step closer with the signing of an exclusive license agreement to develop and commercialise new classes of drugs. |
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Air Pollution Primes Children for Asthma-Related Cockroach Allergy
HealthCanal.com An allergic reaction to cockroaches is a major contributor to asthma in urban children, but new research suggests that the insects are just one part of a more complex story. Very early exposure to certain components of air pollution can increase the … |
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